
Dmitry Bivol-Michael Eifert mandatory title fight heads to February 3 purse bid
Dmitry Bivol’s awaited ring return is officially available to the highest bidder.
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Dmitry Bivol’s awaited ring return is officially available to the highest bidder.

MIchael Eifert, it seems, will finally get his shot at light heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol, who is officially on the clock to honor his long-overdue mandatory.

Unified 175lbs champ Dmitry Bivol is expected to return this spring, reports Lance Pugmire.

Dmitry Bivol revealed he is currently recovering from back surgery. He just hopes his current unified light heavyweight championship reign remains intact in the meantime.

Dmitry Bivol must face Michael Eifert if he's to retain the IBF portion of his light heavyweight crown

The rankings and policies of the International Boxing Federation [IBF] have come into sharp focus in recent months because of the sanctioning body enforcing nonsensical mandatories and kyboshing undisputed championships in the process.

In the latest effort to sabotage all the work it took to create an undisputed champion, unbeaten, four-belt light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev learned Wednesday that he faces a mandatory fight with an obscure opponent or risks being stripped of his International Boxing Federation strap.

Daniela Asenjo, who lost to Gabriela Fundora on Aug. 10 in a flyweight title fight, will move up to junior bantamweight to face Linn Sandstrom on Oct. 12 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Usually a visiting fighter feels he was mistreated on the scorecards in an opponent’s hometown. Jean Pascal, however, believes that the judges gave Germany’s Michael Eifert entirely too much credit for his work during their 12-round, 175-pound fight Thursday night in Pascal’s adopted hometown of Laval, Quebec, Canada. Pascal

By Keith Idec - Michael Eifert justified the confidence Thursday night that he and his team demonstrated by traveling to Jean Pascal’s adopted hometown to fight the former WBC light heavyweight champion. The unknown, unproven German contender upset Pascal by unanimous decision in their 12-round IBF light heavyweight